Between A Rec and a Hard Place

Multi-Fandom fic recs from across my far too many years of reading.

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Better Ways To Be Alive (Series)

Author: Chash

Fandom: The 100

Pairing: Mostly Gen but some Clark Griffin/Bellamy Blake

Rating: Teen

Length: 35k 

Summary: Clarke Griffin--second cousin, once removed--is the next in a long line of relatives Madi has been sent to live with. All of them are nice and well-meaning, but none of them really want her. They're not ready to put up with having a first kid or another kid or--her, really. They don't really want to deal with her.

Just because Clarke is younger than she expected and lives in a weird house in a small town full of friendly people, it doesn't mean this time is going to be different. Madi knows exactly how this goes.

Notes: An modern urban fantasy AU across 5 fics that’s just so soft and gentle it makes my heart ache. It mostly focuses on Maddie and her feelings about being sent to live with Clarke.

There’s some Bellarke in there but mostly it’s domestic witchcraft and Bellamy talking to cats. 

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The Forever Kind

Author: howlikeagod

Fandom: The Penumbra Podcast

Pairing: Juno Steel/Peter Nureyev

Rating: Explicit

Length: 80k

Summary: A living situation he doesn't want, a pile of responsibilities he never asked for, and another semester in a city that won't ever feel like home—Juno Steel's third year of college is off to a fantastic start. Really.The last thing he should be worrying about is his new roommate.Feat. too much cake, not enough honesty, movie nights, betrayal, heartbreak, love, and Mick Mercury's hovercycle.

Notes: It’s a college!AU. But still on Mars! I heard a lot about this fic knocking around the fandom and the hype is deserved. It’s a well drawn AU that still keeps our good, sad space boys perfectly in character with just the right amount of angst and hijinks to keep it feeling like a Penumbra fic.

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sometimes when I fall asleep (your eyes close)

Author: schweet_heart

Fandom: Merlin

Pairing: Arthur/Merlin

Rating: Teens

Length: 1k

Summary: Arthur’s manservant has been unconscious for days, the victim of a curse that had been meant for the king, but sometimes in his sleep he wanders into Arthur’s dreams, calling for his lost prince, and his voice lingers.

Notes: I’m a sucker for the following; H/C, Angst with a happy ending and Protective!Arthur so this is perfect short fic for me.